Apache Maven vs Racket Package Manager
Apache Maven
maven.apache.orgRacket Package Manager
docs.racket-lang.orgSide by side
| Figure | Apache Maven | Racket Package Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Package Managers | 8.8 (#8) | 7.4 (#75) |
| Dependencies | Maven supports dependency management, including automatic updates and transitive dependencies, and can download dependencies from a central repository. | During installation, raco pkg can prompt to install missing dependencies or install them automatically with the --auto option. |
| Dependency resolution | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Offline installation | Yes | Yes |
| Package formats | pom,jar,maven-plugin,ejb,war,ear,rar | Packages can provide source, compiled bytecode, rendered documentation, or combinations of source and compiled elements. |
| Purpose | Apache Maven is a build tool for Java projects that uses a project object model (POM) to manage compilation, testing, and documentation. | The package manager installs libraries and collections, and the package catalog helps Racket programmers find libraries. |
| Security | Maven's security model assumes users trust the POM, code, dependencies, and repositories used in a build; users building untrusted code must provide isolation. | The documentation describes package checksums for identifying implementations; its future-plans page says public-key encryption for catalog information would be desirable. |
| Supported platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux | Windows,macOS,Linux |
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In their own words
Apache Maven
Apache Maven is a free build tool for Java projects. It uses a project object model, or POM, and plugins to manage compilation, testing and documentation through a uniform build system. Maven manages dependencies, including transitive dependencies and automatic updates, and can download them from a central repository. Project metadata can produce outputs such as JARs, WARs and distributions. Maven can also generate project information, including changelogs, cross-referenced sources, dependency lists and unit test reports. Java or scripting-language plugins extend it, and it can work with source control systems such as Subversion or Git to manage tag-based releases. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Maven 3.10 and later requires JDK 8 or above to execute, while toolchains can target other JDK versions. Its project layout is opinionated, so projects with unusual structures that cannot be reorganized may have to give up some Maven features or Maven itself. The software is distributed under Apache License 2.0; its listed plan costs nothing.
Racket Package Manager
Racket Package Manager has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.